Fountains: socialised work centres
490 [a C]. Women at the fountain I. Greek Hydria, painter from Berlin. Attica (Italy)

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Fountains: socialised work centres

Water management has contributed to socialisation and exchanges of information among women for over 2500 years, as is shown by the Hydria spilling water under the spout of a public fountain, while its owner says goodbye to her companion with a water jar already on her head. Women, jugs and head-pads have been essential for water management.